Improvement in tickets



A. s HivLAN n. Tickets.

Patented july`28, 1874.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIGE.

ALEXANDER SHILAND, OF WEST TROY, NEW YORK.

lMPROVEMENTlN TICKETS.

Speciiication forming part ofLetters Patent No. l 53,461, dated July 28,1874; application filed May 21, 1874.

To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALEXANDER SHILAND, ofWest Troy, county of Albany, State of New York, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Tickets for Passage, Admission, orService, and their holders; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1represents a perspective view of the holder and ticketsv embodying theimprovements in this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional viewof the same. Fin. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same, modiedin the attaching or holding parts. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are cross-sectionalviews of the holding devices shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Figs. 7, S, and 9are sectional elevations of a package of tickets, illustrating modifiedforms of connecting and sealing the package. Figs. 10, 11, and 12 areperspective views of packages as they may appear in their several stagesofuse. Figs. 13, 14, and 15 are perspective views of the saine fromtheir lower sides, illustrating their devices for attachment.

Myinvention relates to that class of tickets in which one portion servesas a receiptfor the payment of passage, admission, or service, andanother part as an index of the use or employnient of the receipt, andthe amounts received and receipted for; and consists in thehereinafter-described parts and combination of devices, whereby theemploy or agent and the proprietor may know the exact number of ticketsused and the several amounts received, while the purchaser will have areceipt corresponding with the amount paid, and theemploy be capable ofholding with safety and convenience for use seve al packs, eachrepresenting tickets of diierent values.

The object of this invention is to pack a great number of tickets witha* variety oi' values in a small place and retain the saine secure andconvenient for use to connect and seal each variety or value, so as toprevent manipulation or change; also, tol enable all parties interestedto have a full understanding of each transaction with the tickets andtheir rights in all cases, and to render the tickets valueless for asecond use without the use of a punch.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe it in reference to the drawings and the lettersofreference marked thereon, the same letters indicating like parts.

In the drawings, A represents a pack of tickets, A, containing anystated or determined number of the same sought to be bunched together,say twenty-Eve or fty. The tickets A are comprised of the two parts' aand a. The part a is intended to be used as an index to the value of thepart a', which part a is to be retained in the possession ot' the agentuntil delivered up to the employers, together with the Aamountindicated, with the part a attached if not sold. The part a is intendedto be used as a ticket or token of receipt to the purchaser for themoney paid for the passage, admission, or services bought. The value ofsuch passage, admission, or services so bought is printed in plainfigures or letters on each ofthe said parts a a, as shown in Figs. 1 and10, are to correspond in amounts,

as, for instance, five cents is printed on part c and vecents on parta', other printed mat ter appropriate to designate the purport or use ofthe parts ay and a of the tickets may be printed on each said part, soasto give expression of conditions, instruction, or the parties, duties,or rights, or the like, as may be desirable or prudent. The said ticketsA may be made with any suitable dimensions, say about one inch, more orless, in width, and about two inches, more or less, in length, and ofany suitable paper. A parting line, x, Fig. 10, between the parts a anda is. also made with the ticket, either by partially cutting, creasing,or perforatin'g, so that the part a may be readily detached from thepart af. I also make on part a a mark of indication, z, Figs. 1 and 10,otl a point, tea-rin g in two or partially tearing parte previous to itsbeing handed to the purchaser, which will serve as a canceling of thesaid part, so'as to destroy it for future use. In this all necessity forthe use of a punch is obviated, and the agent will be capable of rapidlyserving out his receipts or tokens, while both himself and the purchasera of the said tickets.

will be capable of knowing at any time the amount of the valuesexchanged.

The said tickets, as before stated, are connected together in packs ofconvenient numhers. i

My mode of connection of the said tickets is for the purpose of causingthe number so packed to designate in a sealed manner the amount of theirvalue as a whole pack. Thus, a pack of fifty tickets, each ve cents,`would represent two dollars and fifty cents, ($2.50,) or a packcontaining fifty tickets, each seven cents, would represent threedollars and fifty cents, ($3.50,) and in each ease the value of the packwould be equal to the number of tickets in the same multiplied by theamount of value stamped on each part a or a of the tickets in the pack.

It should be here understood that in no case are tickets indicatingdifferent amounts of value to be connected and sealed in the same pack;and that in all eases the several values of tickets are to be used eachin a distinct pack of their own, and each pack of different tickets hIving a certain indication of value should be made up with a uniform number of tickets for their proper and uniform multiplication.

The means I employ to ei'ect a sealed connection of the several ticket-sin a pack is a metallic tie, c, made of any metal capable of being bentor burned, such as brass, copper, lead, or malleable iron, either in theform of an eyelet, as in Figs. 2, 5, and 7, or rivet and washer, as inFig. 6, passing through the portion of the pack used as the index part aThis metallic sealing connection is capable of holding vthe given numberof undivided tickets together in one bunch or pack without anypossibility of the said index parts a being disturbedV or manipulatedwithout indicating the same, and, at the same time, it affords freedomto the agent or employ to separate in succession the several parts afrom their indexes, as may be required when the said tickets or tokensare sold.

It is intended, when the receipt parts a have been sold or detached, asin Fig. 12, or a portion of the same, as in Fig. Il, and the agent is tomake his returns and accounting, he will give in to his employer theamount of the whole .packs value, together with the remaining connectedand sealed indexed parts a, or the amount corresponding with the numberof receipt parts a disconnected and absent from the parts @,'togetherwith all the index parts of the bunch and remainin g receipt partsunsold, and receive credit for the same.

y To hold secure, and retain in a convenient situation for use, theseveral packs of the same or different values, I use a case, B, madewith a body, b, and cover or covers, b', of any suitable material, `andin such a manner that the cover or covers L" will be capable of closingover the body, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. I also secure to the said bodyb the metallic strap C, consisting of a thin sti-ip of metal made with aWidth of about one-half inch, more or less, which is intended to holdthe several packs A of tickets in place in such a manner that one of itsedges will lie directly over the line a' for separation of the tokenpart a from the index part, while the body of the said strap will restwholly on the index part of the pack, as in Figs. 1, 4, 5, and 6, tosecure the said packs of tickets from shifting under the said strap C. Iemploy the metal strip e, attached to the pack A by the sealedconnection c, shown in "its longitudinal direction previous to bending,as in Figs. 4 and 13, and when bent into the form of a loop, as in Figs.5 and 14, which strip I term the tie, which is bent around thelowerrnost terminating ends c1 c2 of the strap C in the form of a loop,as in said Figs. 5 and 14, when at any time the packs may be readilyremoved or replaced on the same by being slipped off of the said ends cIc2.

It is readily seen that other means may be employed for securing thesaid packs of tickets beneath the strap C without shifting, as, forinstance, the lower metal pieces c e may be made as in Fig. 6, so as toconnect with another metal piece, C2, below the strap C, and separatefrom the same, as in Fig. 6,`or be made with projecting pins el el, Fig.7, and placed beneath the said strap G to receive the packs A A oftickets by the pins e1 el passing through the metallic seal-connection cand a simple perforation, e2, made in the said pack, as in Fig. 15, orother equivalent mechanical means may be employed to retain the saidpacks in proper position beneath the strap C as practiced in thisinvention.

The tickets used in this invention may be adapted for use/on steam orhorse railroads, steam or ferry'boats, stage-routes, and for places ofamusement, instruction, or refreshment, or by barbers, bath-keepers,milkmen, and the like, where agents are employed to make sales of thesame.

rIhe forms of the tickets are inexpensive and simple, and, when packed,connected, and sealed in the manner above described, all possibility ofsuccessful fraudulent manipulation is prevented.

rIhe manner of the bunching of the tickets is of the most compact order,and affords the agent and his employer a proper opportunity at all timesfor ascertaining the amount due from each pack, while the purchaser `mayat once sce that he is purchasing a genuine ticket, and at the usualrates, and yet be unable to use the ticket a second time. y

The holder is made inv a portable form, and with secure means forholding the several packs of different amounts of values Vin the mostconvenient manner for safety, access, and ready separation of thereceipt portions of the tickets from the index portions of the saine.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

The metallic loops e, secured to a package of tickets, in combinationWith the metallic strap C, upon which said packages of tickets arereceived and retained, substantially as described. ALEXANDER SHILAND.

Witnesses ,Y

GHAs. J. SELKIRK, GEO. A. THOMPSON.

